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The left wing has worked hard to find very clever ways to stop President Trump’s agenda without ever winning an election.
The formula was sinister and simple. Trump announces a new immigration policy. That cues progressive activist groups to race to court and file a lawsuit. A friendly federal activist judge somewhere in California, Hawaii, or D.C. slaps an injunction on the policy, and just like that, everything grinds to a screeching halt. The left is hoping that months drag on and turn into years, letting the lawsuits pile up, and hopefully the policy dies a slow, lonely death before the American people ever get to see if it works.
This was the Left’s weaponized political strategy, and for a while, it worked. It stalled Trump’s agenda, tied up his policies, and gave activists more time to fight every move in court.
But it also backfired. Trump quickly pushed these cases through the judicial system, and now these rulings are helping pave the way for mass deportations, and they tie the left’s hands in many respects.
But under the left’s plan, one activist judge could overrule the executive branch and leave Americans wondering who was actually running the country: the guy they voted for or unelected radical judges?
But now, the Supreme Court just changed that in a very big way.
Two immigration rulings handed down the same day handed Team Trump two huge additional wins. But even better, they strike at the legal heart of the left’s strategy of endless litigation and injunctions. The days of using the courts to automatically freeze every immigration policy may finally be coming to an end.
Yes, you read the headlines, and it sounds like Trump won more immigration cases.
And that’s true, but it barely scratches the surface of what’s really happening.
Edward T. Winslow:
🚨 let me tell you what “the courts cannot stop it” means when SCOTUS says it.. because I’m sure most people don’t know..
it means the Ninth Circuit is done..
for years the Ninth Circuit blocked every TPS termination.. every metering policy.. every turnback order.. judges in San Francisco and D.C. issued injunctions the same week DHS tried to enforce anything..
that was the strategy.. not the law.. the injunctions..
on June 25, 2026.. SCOTUS ruled 6-3 in two separate cases.. same day.. same margin.. both times..
case one: federal courts generally cannot review TPS termination decisions.. Kristi Noem’s calls are now shielded.. no more injunction shopping..
case two: if you’re standing in Mexico you have not “arrived in the United States” under federal law.. no right to apply for asylum.. no mandatory inspection.. no foothold..
and here’s what nobody wants to say out loud..
350,000 Haitian TPS holders are now in deportation proceedings with no court able to pause it.. every asylum seeker at every port of entry along 2,000 miles of border is now legally turnable before they take one step onto US soil..
the metering policy was blocked for nearly a decade.. it’s back today with Supreme Court backing..
this is the same playbook that ended in 1954 when the court finally gave the executive branch back its immigration authority.. and it took 30 years of litigation to get there..
“the courts cannot stop it” doesn’t mean Trump won a policy fight.. it means the legal infrastructure the other side built to slow enforcement for years just got ruled unconstitutional..
two rulings.. one day.. zero injunctions left standing.
I’ll share more updates shortly. Turn on notifications, this is very important.
🚨 let me tell you what “the courts cannot stop it” means when SCOTUS says it.. because I’m sure most people don’t know..
it means the Ninth Circuit is done..
for years the Ninth Circuit blocked every TPS termination.. every metering policy.. every turnback order.. judges in… pic.twitter.com/HuU8uwNtR8
— 🇺🇸 Edward T. Winslow (@EdwardTWinz) June 26, 2026
Let’s be real, we’ve all seen these activist lower courts go into full political “battle mode” against President Trump’s agenda. The agenda that the American people voted for.
Over and over, so many major deportation and immigration enforcement efforts were frozen almost as soon as they were announced. These activist judges were calling the shots, and they were never elected to do that.
Politics comes and goes, and administrations change, but these two Supreme Court rulings will leave a lasting mark on the Left’s game plan to weaponize judges and the judicial system for their political agenda.
Now, the American people can take a breath and know that judges won’t be able to so easily step in, play “fake president,” and overrule what voters want.
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